# @nasaartemis on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BkNUL3jAJaq
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15343758-nasaartemis-instagram
- **Posted:** 2018-06-19T13:33:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

📽Blast from the past... a Navy investigation in an 8-foot high-speed wind tunnel to research human tolerance to wind blasts. This test was performed in 1946 at NASA Langley Research Center (nasa_langley) in Hampton, Virginia.

As interest in the field of high-speed aerodynamics increased in the early 1930s, Langley’s existing wind tunnels proved too small and underpowered for effective high-speed aircraft testing. Understanding that a new facility would give U.S. engineers a decided advantage in the aeronautical field, Langley’s director of research George W. Lewis authorized the design and construction of a larger high-speed wind tunnel in 1933.

#nasa #nasalangley #video #windtunnels #humans  #aerodynamics #engineering #nasahistory #wind #research #technology #hamptonvirginia

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nasalangley, engineering, nasa, research, aerodynamics, windtunnels, hamptonvirginia, technology, humans, wind, video, nasahistory

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